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Preface

Purpose

Audience

Oracle8i and Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Typographic Conventions

Command Syntax

Accessing Installed Documentation

Oracle Information Navigator

Related Documentation

Oracle Services and Support

1 System Requirements

Installation Overview

Product Installation Categories and Installation Types

System Installation Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Disk Space Requirements

Operating System Software Requirements

Additional Product-Specific Installation Requirements

Solaris and Installation-Specific Issues and Restrictions

Using Hummingbird Exceed

Re-Installing Oracle8i Release 3 (8.1.7)

New ORACLE_HOME

Backing Up the root.sh Script

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Character Mode

Upgrading and Migrating

File Systems

Optimal Flexible Architecture

Solaris 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5

Very Large Files

Oracle Parallel Server Restriction

2 Pre-Installation

UNIX System Configuration

Understanding Setup Tasks

Setup Tasks to Perform as the root User

Setup Tasks to Perform as the oracle User

Setup Tasks for Oracle Products

Pre-Installation Steps for Oracle Options

Tools and Precompilers

Networking and System Management Products

Understanding Product Configuration Installation Window Dialogues

Understanding Net8 Configuration

Server Network Configuration

Client Network Configuration

Identifying Your Database Environment

Selecting a Database Creation Method

3 Installation

Oracle Universal Installer

Installing Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Installing Oracle8i Client

Installing Oracle8i Management and Integration

Oracle Parallel Server Installation Notes

Re-Installing Oracle Parallel Server

Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session

Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation

Non-Interactive ("Silent") Installation and Configuration

Specifying a Response File

First time Installation in Silent Mode

Running Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant (EMCA) in Silent Mode

Error Handling

Validation of Values from Response File

Silent Installation and Net8 Configuration Assistant

4 Post-Installation

User Passwords

Configuration Tasks to Perform as the root User

Configuration Tasks to Perform as the oracle User

Update UNIX Account Startup Files

Configuration Environment Variables

Apply Any Required Oracle Patches

Set Initialization Parameters

Post-Installation for Oracle Products

Multi-Threaded Server

Net8

Oracle Configuration Assistants

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Options

Oracle Parallel Server Management

Oracle Precompilers

Recovery Manager

Secure Socket Layer

Reviewing Installed Starter Database Contents

User Names and Passwords

Database Identification

Tablespaces and Datafiles

Initialization Parameter File

Redo Log Files

Control Files

Rollback Segments

Data Dictionary

De-installing Oracle Software

Changing the Apache Account GID for De-Installation

De-installation of an Oracle Database with Oracle Database Configuration Assistant

De-installation of Oracle Internet Directory

De-installation of Oracle Software with Oracle Universal Installer

A Oracle8i Products

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition or Oracle8i Components

Oracle8i Client Components

Oracle8i Management and Integration Components

Product Descriptions

B Legato Storage Manager

Requirements for Legato Storage Manager

Pre-Installation Steps for Legato Storage Manager (LSM)

Removing an Existing Legato Storage Manager Installation

Installing Legato Storage Manager Manually

Updating Legato Storage Manager

Removing Legato Storage Manager Version 5.5

Post-Installation Steps for Legato Storage Manager

Integrating SAP R/3 with Legato Storage Manager

Index